After soil formation

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After soil formation Landscapes,
Topography, Site Evauation
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Influence of topography (slope) on soil formation
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Pushing outward
Pushing inward
land surface soil depth water table/saturated
zone
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Landscape/topographic nomenclature Influence of
topography/landscape position on soil depth,
moisture regime, drainage
Relatively deep, generally dry, generally
well-drained
Relatively shallow, generally dry, generally
well-drained
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Shoulder
Progressively deeper, generally moist-wet, may be
poorly drained
Hill slope, back slope side slope
Generally deep, generally moist-wet, may be
poorly drained, may be shallow WT
Foot slope
Toe slope
Drainage way
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Surface water movement characteristics
Landscape looks like this
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Terraces
Alluvial fans
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Influence of slope-aspect on soil formation
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Influence of poor, limited, or restricted
drainage on soil formation
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Textural discontinuities abrupt changes in
texture which constitute water flow boundaries
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Amsterdam silt loam Gallatin County (Bozeman)
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Phillips
Elloam
Elloam loam Blaine County (Chinook)
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Holloway loam Ravalli County (Hamilton)
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Loberg stony clay loam Judith Basin (Harlowton)
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Lambert silt loam Yellowstone County (Billings)
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Hesper silt loam Yellowstone County (Billings)
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Scobey loam/ clay loam Daniels County (Scobey)
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At present nearly 800 different soil series
have been Identified and mapped in Montana
shall we keep going?
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Questions? Comments?